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   Hans Bezemer  writes:   
   > Fundamentally. I explained the sensation at the end   
   > of "Why Choose Forth". I've been able to tackle things I would never   
   > have been to tackle with a C mindset. ( https://youtu.be/MXKZPGzlx14 )   
      
   I just watched this video and enjoyed it, but I don't understand how a C   
   mindset is different.  In C you pass stuff as function parameters   
   instead of on the stack: what's the big deal?  And particularly, the   
   video said nothing about the burning question of locals ;).   
      
   It seems to me all the examples mentioned in the video (parsing CSV   
   files or floating point numerals) are what someone called   
   micro-problems.  Today they much easier with languages like Python, and   
   back in Forth's heyday there was Lisp, which occupied a mindspace like   
   Python does now.   
      
   I agree that Thinking Forth is a great book.   
      
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